Customizing wp-admin page url

bedrock
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Hi all,

I’m trying to change the url http://example-site.dev/wp/wp-admin/ into http://example-site.dev/custom-admin.

I have tried the following:

  • Rename that /wp/wp-admin folder into /custom-admin, then finding & replacing it all, but it has proven to lose css styles and I do not wish to do alter the /wp core files
  • Adding the blocks of code from codex forums on this topic (this link takes you to one of the many pages that show the same code http://help4cms.com/change-admin-url-without-plugin/ )
  • Using WPS Hide Login Plugin

…and none of them work.
The last straw was when I tested that same plugin and it works fine on a standard wordpress site because it adheres to the standard file structure.

I am assuming there should be a bedrock way of doing this, does anyone know?

Thanks in advance

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2

Could I ask why you want to do this?

3

For branding purposes & security reasons.

4

Hi there,

Did you find out how to achieve it?

Thanks;

5

Not to bump too hard - but wondering if there is any solution to the above for Bedrock/Roots users?

6

+1 to this. Curious to know possible to change wp-admin url without breaking anything.

7

iThemes Security plugin has a built-in feature for this! Can’t remember if you can also get rid of the /wp/ though…

8

Hello, guys. Struggling with this as well. Has anyone found the answer for it?

9

That’s obscurity, not security. I’m not saying obscurity is bad, but it’s not the same thing as security.

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obscurity IS security. The fact that every single bot knows what the wp login url is is a security issue at this point. His point is valid. It should be a part of standard practice to be able to change the default url for login to WP sites.

This is a feature that Roots really needs to look into. Using alternate plugins is not an ideal solution at all.

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11

Still no suggestions for solution here?

12

We hold the opinion that this isn’t something that should be modified. There’s several ways to lock down the wp-admin or the login page that don’t involve trying to rename the wp-admin directory.

I’d suggest you raise these concerns with WordPress core — I’m certain there’s at least one discussion about this on WordPress Trac

15

I recommend iThemes for the ability to hide backend and much more.

But also worth noting that if you used Valet or Valet-plus for local dev you may experience issues reaching the URL while iThemes was active.

Until recently I just deactivated it, but I figured out what was wrong and the latest Valet should work and for valet-plus you could patch it with the PR I created for them
Fix bedrockvaletdriver by EHLOVader · Pull Request #1289 · laravel/valet · GitHub or Fix bedrockvaletdriver by EHLOVader · Pull Request #612 · weprovide/valet-plus · GitHub

the additional /wp/ can be handled with an .htaccess rewrite or nginx config I’m sure

I had this from before, but I still usually forget to add it and just use wp/hidden-admin (no not my real path, I’m not telling you that)

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
# Enable the hide backend feature - Security > Settings > Hide Login Area > Hide Backend
        RewriteRule ^(/wp/)?hidden-admin/?$ /wp/wp-login.php [QSA,L]
        RewriteRule ^(/wp/)?wp-register-php/?$ /wplogin?action=register [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
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Sorry, still no solution? :grimacing:

17

You can do it like this:

<?php

namespace App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class CustomAdminProvider extends ServiceProvider
{

    private $_admin = 'custom-admin';
    private $_login = 'custom-login';


    /**
     * Register services.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function register(): void
    {
        remove_action( 'template_redirect', 'wp_redirect_admin_locations', 1000 );
        add_action( 'template_redirect', [$this, 'wp_redirect_admin_locations'], 999 );
    }

    /**
     * Bootstrap services.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function boot(): void
    {
    }

    public function wp_redirect_admin_locations() {
        global $wp_rewrite;
        if ( ! ( is_404() && $wp_rewrite->using_permalinks() ) ) {
            return;
        }
    
        $admins = array(
            home_url( $this->_admin, 'relative' ),
            site_url( $this->_admin, 'relative' ),
        );
    
        if ( in_array( untrailingslashit( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ), $admins, true ) ) {
            wp_redirect( admin_url() );
            exit;
        }
        
        
        $logins = array(
            home_url( $this->_login, 'relative' ),
            site_url( $this->_login, 'relative' ),
        );
    
        if ( in_array( untrailingslashit( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ), $logins, true ) ) {
            wp_redirect( wp_login_url() );
            exit;
        }
    }
}

ready

Also if you use bedrock

You can also change the name of the wp folder from url.test/wp/…

Example: If you use bedrock we want to switch from wp to asd

  1. Change in config/application.php

de

if (!defined('ABSPATH')) {
    define('ABSPATH', $webroot_dir . '/wp/');
}

a

if (!defined('ABSPATH')) {
    define('ABSPATH', $webroot_dir . '/asd/');
}
  1. Change in /web/index.php
<?php
/**
 * WordPress View Bootstrapper
 */
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require __DIR__ . '/wp/wp-blog-header.php';

a

<?php
/**
 * WordPress View Bootstrapper
 */
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require __DIR__ . '/asd/wp-blog-header.php';
  1. Change in /composer.json
...
"wordpress-install-dir": "public_html/wp"
...

to

...
"wordpress-install-dir": "public_html/asd"
...

PS: Sorry for my English, I used gtranslate